DeLoggio Education Consulting

Selection of and Preparation for College and Professional Programs

Out of School and into a Job

No matter how good the program you attend, nor how highly ranked you are when you graduate, there's no guarantee that you'll get a job.
Sometimes there are forms of discrimination, legal or illegal. For instance, discrimination by race or religion are illegal; discrimination by sex is illegal sometimes; and discrimination by appearances almost always legal.

Aside from the personal factors affecting your ability to get a job, there is the ugly reality of the economy. In the 30 years that I've been in business, there have been two or three recessions in the economy; and whether you call it a recession or not, there have been shifts in the global market that have eliminated many of the higher-paying jobs in the United States and replace them with labor in other countries who work for much lower salaries.

So if you want to be the person who lands a job, especially a good job, you have to do everything right: the job search, the resume or application, the interview, and the follow-up, must all be appropriate for the kind of work you're looking to do and the kind of company for whom you're looking to work.

The pages in this section will give you advice for miscellaneous jobs coming from various schools; you'll probably have to read several pages, then decide what's right for the job you are seeking.